Nandyala Varada Rajula Reddy

Profile & Insights

• 1In the 2024 General Election, Nandyala Varada Rajula Reddy secured the Proddatur assembly seat for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), reclaiming a constituency that had leaned toward the YSRCP for the previous decade.
• 2Reddy polled 106,712 votes, defeating the incumbent Rachamallu Siva Prasad Reddy by a margin of 22,744 votes amid a high voter turnout of 78.82%.
• 3This victory represents a significant political swing; in 2014, Varada Rajula Reddy lost to Rachamallu Siva Prasad Reddy by 12,945 votes, a gap that widened further in 2019 when the YSRCP’s margin swelled to 43,148 against a different TDP candidate.
• 4By reversing this trend in 2024, the TDP effectively dismantled a growing YSRCP stronghold in the Kadapa Lok Sabha segment.
• 5According to his electoral affidavit, the veteran politician is a 10th-pass educated leader with a declared asset valuation of approximately ₹11.56 crore and liabilities totaling roughly ₹39.46 lakh.
• 6His profile also notes the presence of six pending criminal cases.
• 7His return to the assembly marks a pivotal shift in Proddatur’s local power dynamics after two consecutive terms of YSRCP representation.